Improvement in shoe-brushes



STATES GEORGE VVALE, OE HOBOKEN, NEW JERSEY.

IMPROVEMENT IN SHOE-BRUSH ES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 136,289, dated February 25, 1873.

To all whom it may concern: 1

Be it known that I, GEORGE WALE, of Hoboken, in the county of Hudson and State of Xew Jersey, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Fountain Shoe Brush, of which the following is a specification:

Figure l is a side view of my improved fountain shoe-brush, partly in section,-to show the construction. Fig. 2 is a view of the rear end of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

My invention has for its object to furnish an improved shoe-brush which shall be so constructed that the blacking maybe applied to the shoe, and the shoe polished, without its being necessary to touch the box of blacking, or anything but the handle of the brush. The invention consists in the box for containing the blacking, the rubber-tube packing, the valve, the lever, the perforated plate, the springs, and the supporting-plate, in combination with the polishing-brush, the applyingbrush havingits stock perforated, and the handle, as hereinafter fully described.

A is the polishing-brush, about the construction of which there is nothing new. B is the brush for applying the blackin'g, which is attached to the forward part of the back of the brush A, and is made in the ordinary manner, except that there is a channel, passage, or perforation formed in it leading in through the rear edge and out through the center of the brush side of its stock. This latter opening is closed by a valve, 0, attached to the end of a lever, D, which is pivoted to a plate, E, attached to the edge of the stock of the brush B over the hole in said edge. The plate E has a hole formed through it directly opposite the hole in the brush-stock, and of a less diameterthan said hole. F is the box to contain liquid blackin g, which box is made close, and with a small tube, f, in one end. The tube f has several small holes formed in its sides, and its outer endis closed witha cork or by other convenient means. Upon the tube f is placed a piece of rubber pipe, G, which, when the tube f is pushed into the hole through the plate E, is pushed back by said plate so as to uncover the holesin the said tubef, and at the same time serve as a packing to prevent the blacking from leaking out between the tube f and plate E. The boxFis keptfrom slipping outward by a flange, H, or other stop attached to the rear part of the back of the brush A, and against which the rear end of the said box F rests. The box F is kept from rising, and thus slipping out over the flange H, by a spring, I, attached to or formed upon the plate J, and which rests upon the said box F. The plate J is placed at such a distance above the back of the brush A that the box F may be readily slipped into place beneath it. The ends of the plate J are bent downward at right angles, and are attached to the side edges of the brush A. K is the handle, whichis attached to the plate J. The plate J and the forward part of the handle K are slotted to receive the rear part of the lever D, which is so formed as to press down upon the box F or upon the spring I when the said lever is operated, so that the valve 0 will be opened and the box F compressed by the same operation of the lever D to eject the blacking into the brush B. The rear end of the lever D is held raised to hold the valve 0 closed, and the said lever away from the box F, byasmall spring, L,interposed between the said lever and the handle K, as shown in Fig. 1.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Pat- 'ent The box F f, rubber tube G, valve 0, lever D, plate E, springs I and L, and plate J, in combination with the polishing-brush A, ap plying-brush B having its stock perforated, and handle'K, substantially as herein shown and described.

GEORGE WALE. Witnesses:

J Antes T. GRAHAM, T. B. MOSHER. 

